The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-04

Volta .,es. a P..r.c tie u-thod OF Universal
sr.ttrn Concentration.

Volta ,es. a i'.r.e -te Method OF Universal
;rstirn Communication.
AG,tm1t pr 81. Rav. Father Schleyer,
has, aC,-ur.ling 10 the Chicago Cif-zsa. ac-
complished a vey remarkable work,
which - nothing less than the invention
Of an entire new form OF speech; or, TO
call il mnre cOrre.-tl-, form OF writing,
for the most enthusiastic admirers Of
VolapeE-ihis is it, m do not expect
that Il viii ever be mach used orally.
A great many attempts have been made
within the las two CENTURIES by learned
men to invent a language that would
serve as q me hum Of International COM
munication TO- the educated classes OF
all countries. but their efforts were IN
successful. Il was reserved for the Ger
man priest TO be the II st TO perfect q sys
TEN which is so simple and regular that
natives Of all countries can now write In
q language which Is int ligible TO every
one possessing a dictionary OF II ano
knowing the principles OF its grammar.
In the middle ages II was found coa
velient for treaties, contracts and scien-
tihc works n be In Latin. Newton, Eras
mus, Blcon, aud m IN Of the kind wrote
most OF their works in Latin; but Latin Is
about the last language in the world that
its irregularity and involved construc
ton, too dim nit Of requirement. At
later period French became the great Ian
guage OF science and treaties; but Il pos
sOssed nearly all the faults Of Latin, and
on account Of being q living aud q nation
al language o. could hardly fail TO be mort
or less antagonistic 10 natives Of cOuu-
tries not friendly 70 Franco The same
objections coull be rtised against En-.
glish a. against y -such. Something was
wanted that Wou not h I'VE any national
ity about 70, ana Vo apex has consequent
" been ushered into existence.
The inventor Of V3lapsk does nos claim
that II will ever supsrsede any language.
HIS object in inventi1g IL was 10 give a
language N which natives of different
countries can correspond with one an
other, and which ca1 be learned In one
tenth q the time necessary for the ac-
quirement Of any national language.
From the popularity which Voiapek has
already attailcd on ths Continent Of Eu-
roIre, there are reasons 20 believe that
Fa'her Schleyer has Invented something
which was wanted The new language
has been invented Only Eve or six years,
and u IL now claimed hat between ten
Thousand and fifteen Thousand people
have already mastered Il and can read
q d write IL with ease Volapek has nc
ID IONS; the meaning Of every word and
phrase h unmistakable; rs order IL nat
ural; but the sense remains the same. no
matter how the words are thrown to
gether.
II IL said that the inventor OF volapek,
Father Schleyer, reads and writes no less
than twenty-eight different languages.
HmgT a..
world something valuable IN linguistic
way; aud be certainly has done 50 Still,
q must Be confessed that IN one way he
seems 70 have made q great mistake, and
that Is By employing novels with dots
sVer them For instance, the name Of
The new language IL spelled Volapuk,
with two dots over the q. which gives Il
nearly the sound Of short IN English.
10 a German these dotted voWels appear
all right, they occur 50 frequently in bis
own language, but they are q puzzle and
an eyesore 70 other people.
VOiapek draws on tive languages moEa
than on any other, and, strange e
say. these are English and Irishi
Il draws on English for lie roots
aud On Irish for rs Construction.
Fully sixty per cent Of its raots come
from English; that i because English Il
made mp Of &c many different languages.
Why VOlaPek Il 80 like Irish in its con
struction Il because Irish Il 50 philosophio !
and regular. In Yolapek a VERT. being
the most Important word 10 q sentsnce,
goes GFst always; 80 t. does in Irish In I
Volapex love is iofs5, IN Irish Il esrEsa, ]
"a exactly similar construction. for the |
personal pronOun 10 Volapek Il %. and % |
Irish the tsrminafioa ~ Is the personal |
pronoun In Volapsk ne gsaitise ease & |
always formed, b. adding the letter e /
the root; IN Irish Il is mostly formed by /
the addition Of Or
Eolapek. like Latin, has no article Here
= the way every neun IN the language Il
declined, and L h 20 simple and regular i
that u nay Be learned IN no tina. Taa
thrss frst YeHeis added 10 any noua give